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people are paying tens of thousands of dollars for walnuts in china. but not to eat them. people there are investing in them like crazy. the bigger the rarer the more expensive and if you can find a matching pair, you have really scored. the chinese also covet carved peach and olive pits. farmers in china have reportedly overplanted to meet demand and walnut prices are expected to crack soon. >> whew. >> i was worried about that. >> walnuts. who knew. >>> 4:50. when we come back, instead of long-lost let -- a set of long- lost letters brings an unlikely group of women back together. >>> what do americans think of president obama's cabinet picks so far? >> a tornado that tore through town. why witnesses say -- and what it felt like. ,,,,,,,,,,,, [ crickets chirping ] [ traffic passing ] ♪ [ music box: lullaby ] [ man on tv, indistinct ] ♪ [ lullaby continues ] [ baby coos ] [ man announcing ] millions are still exposed to the dangers... of secondhand smoke... and some of them can't do anything about it. ♪ [ continues ] [ gasping ] >>> welcome back. current temperature
people are paying tens of thousands of dollars for walnuts in china. but not to eat them. people there are investing in them like crazy. the bigger the rarer the more expensive and if you can find a matching pair, you have really scored. the chinese also covet carved peach and olive pits. farmers in china have reportedly overplanted to meet demand and walnut prices are expected to crack soon. >> whew. >> i was worried about that. >> walnuts. who knew. >>> 4:50. when...
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are pointing to a lower open but stocks in asia edged higher, a news of rising factory out growth in china. on wall street, stocks ended mixed following news the economy added more jobs than predicted. the unemployment rate fell to a four year low of 7.7%. the dough closed up 81 points on friday while the nasdaq dropped 11 point. president obama and house speaker john boehner met to try to prevent the impending fiscal cliff. the tax hikes and spending cuts due to kick in on january 1st. the main sticking points remain, and cuts to entitlement programs medicare. the president has asked congress to work through the holiday break if no deal is reached before then: the federal reserve is expected to announce an expansion o of their program. they will extend the program of buying $85 billion of securities each month into the the new year. announcement is expected when the bankers meet tomorrow and wednesday. a new survey shows pay for private college presidents continues the upward climb. they studied data from 2010 and median compensation rose to $400,000. that is up nearly 3 personality. that
are pointing to a lower open but stocks in asia edged higher, a news of rising factory out growth in china. on wall street, stocks ended mixed following news the economy added more jobs than predicted. the unemployment rate fell to a four year low of 7.7%. the dough closed up 81 points on friday while the nasdaq dropped 11 point. president obama and house speaker john boehner met to try to prevent the impending fiscal cliff. the tax hikes and spending cuts due to kick in on january 1st. the...
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the lives in exile and is a scathing critic of china's human-rights record. by contrast, the nobel committee's decision to honor chinese author mo yan with the literature prize was far more controversial. he is silent on the subjects of censorship and oppression. he sees himself simply as a storyteller who writes about the lives of farmers and other ordinary people. he refrained from open criticism. >> it is all about the old dilemma. do you have to be a rebel? do you have to be a dissident or go into exile, or is it possible to compromise? it is not an easy case to plead here, and yet, i am fairly certain, he is not an unworthy laureate. >> chinese artist ai wei wei called the win tragic. >> recapping our top stories, the polk delivered his christmas day message, appealing for peace in syria and asking people to make more time for got in their lives -- the pope. >> egypt -- the voting egypt is out on a referendum brought forward by the muslim brotherhood and the president. 67% voted in favor. >> that is all we have time for on "journal," but stay with us. >>
the lives in exile and is a scathing critic of china's human-rights record. by contrast, the nobel committee's decision to honor chinese author mo yan with the literature prize was far more controversial. he is silent on the subjects of censorship and oppression. he sees himself simply as a storyteller who writes about the lives of farmers and other ordinary people. he refrained from open criticism. >> it is all about the old dilemma. do you have to be a rebel? do you have to be a...
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. >>> a new report showing growth in china's manufacturing sector lifted most asian stocks. hong kong's hang seng gained .5%. tokyo's nikkei shed a fraction. >>> now, you might not know the name but you have seen the unique label that norman woodland developed with another engineer. woodland invented the bar code. now what it is, that rectangle found on about every product we buy in stores. they got a patent for their invention 60 years ago. but the technology to use the bar code was not developed until 1974. norman woodland was 91. let's send it back to you. >> hope he made a couple of bucks with that. >> i'm sure. >>> well, apparently new yorkers will soon be able to hail their taxis just using their phones, right? >> reporter: aha. and new york raising your arm in the middle of the street and yelling taxi! it may soon be passe. the new way to get a cab may be with a smartphone app that's being tested. a passenger would use the app to request a ride. and the first cab driver who responds to the call from his cell phone gets the ride. a similar program is in use in other ci
. >>> a new report showing growth in china's manufacturing sector lifted most asian stocks. hong kong's hang seng gained .5%. tokyo's nikkei shed a fraction. >>> now, you might not know the name but you have seen the unique label that norman woodland developed with another engineer. woodland invented the bar code. now what it is, that rectangle found on about every product we buy in stores. they got a patent for their invention 60 years ago. but the technology to use the bar...
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china is no exception. in his first major speech china's new leader xi jinping publicly acknowledged that the communist party leadership must put an end to this problem. recent protests across china say that the party leaders are the problem. and one blogger has found an effective way to expose corruption online. >> this collection of unspectacular pictures of government functionaries at official events seems hardly worth a glance. but a second look reveals details that have shocked people across china -- luxury wrist watches that sell for as much 60,000 euros. the upmarket timepieces are hardly affordable on a modest official's salary. everyone knows that -- which is why watches have become symbols of corruption and bribery. this activist has placed hundreds of similar photographs on the internet -- along with the price of the watches. he doesn't want to be recognized because he regularly receives threats from state security. >> i wanted to show these pictures to make people aware of the phenomenon so that
china is no exception. in his first major speech china's new leader xi jinping publicly acknowledged that the communist party leadership must put an end to this problem. recent protests across china say that the party leaders are the problem. and one blogger has found an effective way to expose corruption online. >> this collection of unspectacular pictures of government functionaries at official events seems hardly worth a glance. but a second look reveals details that have shocked...
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i have met with what i think will be the next president of china. we have delegations from china to come here. we're sending delegations there. this is not just business as usual. we're getting detailed committees and proposals, a couple of the key states. we want good coming this way. we want good going out way. -- goods coming this way and we want goods going out that way. >> are you doing anything like that? >> we have been working on the north-south access. we have a biannual that denver works on that brings people together for cultural, business, intellectual exchange and focuses on mexico and chile and brazil. one of the great things we're missing right now, it is part of the root of this mess about it -- immigration. our partners are right there. those old movies where people -- there was the girl next door, and the hero tries to fall in love with some likely candidates. she turns out to be loyal and ticks down her hair and -- takes down her hair and glasses. that is mexico. brazil and you'll get all those countries, we have to go look at chi
i have met with what i think will be the next president of china. we have delegations from china to come here. we're sending delegations there. this is not just business as usual. we're getting detailed committees and proposals, a couple of the key states. we want good coming this way. we want good going out way. -- goods coming this way and we want goods going out that way. >> are you doing anything like that? >> we have been working on the north-south access. we have a biannual...
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one point two percent and falling europe is in serious trouble what happens in europe what happens in china where they're preparing for a hard landing all of these things will have an impact here we're in a lot of trouble you can't retire that debt so no you could confiscate all the wealth from the top five percent of the american people it would make a dent really it wouldn't make a try you know have your talk about running the government for six months. all right well let's talk about the new the the new fiscal year two thousand and thirteen bill that was just passing and it's about the senate waiting on the house but it's an increase of seventeen billion dollars is this a gross contradiction we're talking about you know we're facing this looming cliff that we're about to pull off this is the whole point that i took that we have to this is the point the senate is living in fantasyland the people in the house know this is not sustainable there is more reality in the house and in the senate the senate is the political equivalent of a hollow in political terms united states they are remote f
one point two percent and falling europe is in serious trouble what happens in europe what happens in china where they're preparing for a hard landing all of these things will have an impact here we're in a lot of trouble you can't retire that debt so no you could confiscate all the wealth from the top five percent of the american people it would make a dent really it wouldn't make a try you know have your talk about running the government for six months. all right well let's talk about the new...
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there are more flights to china, and it is a general trend. numbers are still modest at this point, but they continue to grow steadily. >> this afternoon, two a-380 flights are headed to china. he often tells passengers all the way to their gate. some board with a full shopping bags before flying back to their homeland. >> it has been two centuries now that children around the world have been thrilled and terrified by the tales of the grimm brothers. >> the first publishing of the fairy tales included timeless favorites like "little red riding hood, "" rumpelstiltskin ," and "snow white." >> once upon a time -- almost all children could say what comes next and in most cases, it would be a fairy tale from the brothers grimm. >> sleeping beauty. >> i like puss in boots because he is so cunning in clever. >> at the start of the 19th century, the grimms set about collecting folk tales. they wanted to record in writing the rich germans storytelling tradition, but they did not search -- set out in search of dark forests and enchanted castles in orde
there are more flights to china, and it is a general trend. numbers are still modest at this point, but they continue to grow steadily. >> this afternoon, two a-380 flights are headed to china. he often tells passengers all the way to their gate. some board with a full shopping bags before flying back to their homeland. >> it has been two centuries now that children around the world have been thrilled and terrified by the tales of the grimm brothers. >> the first publishing of...
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en china se hizo sentir el espÍritu navideÑo, estÁn comprando regalos a
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these kids know more about the middle east and china. in speaking to the average high- school in new york city and after it's about what is happening in the world, i think it would take your breath away. this is a serious problem. the second part of what the technology can matter is because we did not have to limit the school day anymore to the hours inside the school room. as -- there is much more we can do. i watch people here from a great school in sweden. and they have managed to create a portal in ways. i met a kid whose mother was an aris -- was a nurse. we are the only profession that admits we are failing in what we're doing for our kids and we all go home at 3:00. there has to be a way to think differently about the dimensions of the challenge. i think technology is part of that problem. about to go back to what condie started. as important as music and art and global history is, to two cannot read into basic mathematics -- kids who cannot read or do basic mathematics will not do higher or critical thinking. we have to figure ou
these kids know more about the middle east and china. in speaking to the average high- school in new york city and after it's about what is happening in the world, i think it would take your breath away. this is a serious problem. the second part of what the technology can matter is because we did not have to limit the school day anymore to the hours inside the school room. as -- there is much more we can do. i watch people here from a great school in sweden. and they have managed to create a...
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china we all know is the biggest consumer. they take about 40% of the world's copper building products for the rest of the world. car breaks, they make everything they are also bizarrely enough the forefront of creating the new technology because they know that they are suffocating in their cities from this problem, so you know, it's weird, the kind of massive polluters they're trying to get the technology to solve the problem way more than we are. and then of course the problem on the side of that is the green technology has run heavily on copper and there's the irony. we might get ourselves in green technology to get rid of the effect is a really good idea and probably more important but to do that we are going to need an enormous amount of copper and in those big farms you see i know there in the west. i don't know if you have them here although they are in massachusetts . every one of them is 8,000 pounds of copper. hundreds of miles of copper to generate some of the electricity bill from the wind fell to the power source
china we all know is the biggest consumer. they take about 40% of the world's copper building products for the rest of the world. car breaks, they make everything they are also bizarrely enough the forefront of creating the new technology because they know that they are suffocating in their cities from this problem, so you know, it's weird, the kind of massive polluters they're trying to get the technology to solve the problem way more than we are. and then of course the problem on the side of...
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. >> china has launched the world's longest high-speed rail route. the line between cities is almost 2,900 kilometers long. trains travel an average speed of 300 kilometers per hour, cutting travel time in half to just eight hours. >> floods in malaysia have forced more than 13,000 people to flee their homes. the floods have hit several states of the country's east coast. one woman died after slipping into a swollen river, and forecasters are expecting more rain to fall. >> china's leading producer of rare earth is attempting to shut down some plants in an attempt to stem falling prices. the group will keep some mines and factories closed until the end of january. >> rare earths are crucial in making a broad range of high- tech products. prices have been declining due to falling demand, and a growing number of companies are turning to alternatives to cut costs. than helping those in need and providing assistance to the deprived our universal concepts around the world. >> we bring you an example from mexico where a catholic priest is helping people at
. >> china has launched the world's longest high-speed rail route. the line between cities is almost 2,900 kilometers long. trains travel an average speed of 300 kilometers per hour, cutting travel time in half to just eight hours. >> floods in malaysia have forced more than 13,000 people to flee their homes. the floods have hit several states of the country's east coast. one woman died after slipping into a swollen river, and forecasters are expecting more rain to fall. >>...
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this was a shocking story to a lot of people as to how people were treated over in china as they make iphones and ipads for apple. > > yes, it was a surprising story for many. and of course, apple, and iconic company with a passionate customer base nevertheless found itself in the spotlight over labor conditions not at its own factories, but at a supplier. what you have here is really an increasingly common phenomenon, where brand companies, companies that are well known, are held accountable for business practices that go really beyond the immediate operations that they control. > wal-mart had issues in mexico with alleged corruption happening there as well as in the united states with worker outrage, especially from people who did not want to work on thanksgiving day. > > yes. wal-mart had a tough year. you had in addition another supply chain issue in the bangladeshi factory where that horrific fire happened. then you had the corruption cases in mexico and other instances. what that has raised i think has really raised some issues on the governance structure and how wal-mart has ha
this was a shocking story to a lot of people as to how people were treated over in china as they make iphones and ipads for apple. > > yes, it was a surprising story for many. and of course, apple, and iconic company with a passionate customer base nevertheless found itself in the spotlight over labor conditions not at its own factories, but at a supplier. what you have here is really an increasingly common phenomenon, where brand companies, companies that are well known, are held...
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bush prohibiÓ los rifles de asaltos y luego el demÓcrata crlinton pro b bÍo bÍo prohibiÓ las armas chinas >>> esto no termina con el congreso, atentado contra la representante giffords vieron quÉ hacer, la sugerencia se dejaron. nuestra promesa a ustedes y al pueblo estadounidense es que no deja remos que el horror por esta masacre se termine, despuÉs de la matanza en 1989 tomÓ 5 aÑos para que el congreso aprobara la prohibiciÓn de armas de asalto. >>> ni el presidente ni el congreso han hecho nada en los pasados 4 aÑos, para co otro nt la violencia con armas de fuego y no es un tema en la campaÑa electoral, a esto el presidente o llama dijo que newtown fue una llamada de alerta, en washington lourdes m univisiÓn >>> funcionarios del departamento de estado admitieron en la comisiÓn de la relaciones exterior del senado, que se cometieron errores en el ta ataque de benghazi libia entre ellos estÁ el subsecretario william quien dijo la comisiÓn que debemos hacer lo mejor, la secretaria de estado hillary clinton hablarÁ en enero. >>> el asesinato de un secuestrador. (inaudibl inte
bush prohibiÓ los rifles de asaltos y luego el demÓcrata crlinton pro b bÍo bÍo prohibiÓ las armas chinas >>> esto no termina con el congreso, atentado contra la representante giffords vieron quÉ hacer, la sugerencia se dejaron. nuestra promesa a ustedes y al pueblo estadounidense es que no deja remos que el horror por esta masacre se termine, despuÉs de la matanza en 1989 tomÓ 5 aÑos para que el congreso aprobara la prohibiciÓn de armas de asalto. >>> ni el...
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so for example, you know, kids are not asked in india or china or japan, "what are you going to be when you grow up?" it's understood that your parents are going to help make that decision. >> hinojosa: but there's a b trust element there, right? >> yes. >> hinojosa: and trust is central. >> yes, i think so. >> hinojosa: so... >> and in fact, it's interesting you mentioned trust, and you also asked me about latin americans. when you look at employees... i did a big study with citibank employees. and we looked at... so say for example if you compare latino employees in mexico, brazil, argentina, versus asian employees, taiwan, singapore, hong kong, et cetera, versus americans, and you look at in which ndition are they mos likely to perform well, americans perform best when they feel their manager is giving them choice, is empowering them to make decisions, giving them autonomy. that's very important to americans. latinos, i mean, it's not a bad thing, they're not getting mad or upset if their manager says, you know, "you can decide when you take your vacation, when you do your breaks, ho
so for example, you know, kids are not asked in india or china or japan, "what are you going to be when you grow up?" it's understood that your parents are going to help make that decision. >> hinojosa: but there's a b trust element there, right? >> yes. >> hinojosa: and trust is central. >> yes, i think so. >> hinojosa: so... >> and in fact, it's interesting you mentioned trust, and you also asked me about latin americans. when you look at...
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and the china and india face off in the scramble for the world's resources of the south china sea building up their military and throwing accusations to stake their claim. they're watching our t.v. live from moscow with me to say new protests expected to engulf the egyptian capital with president morsi as much anticipated state address failing to quote public anger the opposition is disappointed with morsi his refusal to resign to the disputed draft constitution and is calling for it israel is a final ultimatum to the country's leader car obeys reportable true an hour to his time boxen are following developments for us president mohamed morsi basically stuck by his decisions he said in his speech he said this constitution that duration which is very contentious very people described it as a power grab was essential basically in the transition period to democracy and very important protecting the constituent assembly which drafted the constitution so that we get to this point where we're going to have a referendum on the constitution next week he also blamed third parties for the violence t
and the china and india face off in the scramble for the world's resources of the south china sea building up their military and throwing accusations to stake their claim. they're watching our t.v. live from moscow with me to say new protests expected to engulf the egyptian capital with president morsi as much anticipated state address failing to quote public anger the opposition is disappointed with morsi his refusal to resign to the disputed draft constitution and is calling for it israel is...
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and... >> hinojosa: in china, do they kind of own that? are they like, "we're from this area, we're the fujianese, and we export chinese food workers around the world"? >> they... i don't they're proud of it. they are proud, maybe, of the fact that they go to america, right, and that they... because they can save money, they can build these mansions. they send, you know, hundreds of thousands, millions of dollars back to these little towns, and then there are these mansions that are weird because they're empty, right? because everyone's left. so there's a ghost town called houyu, which means "monkey island," which is weird, because there are no monkeys and it's not really an island. and they are 80% missing. i mean, you just go in there and there are no men of working age. there are women, there are children, and there are old people. because, you know, they're in america cooking and taking the order and delivering your chicken. >> hinojosa: are they going to stay here? i mean, is this... because again, with your book, you're basically say
and... >> hinojosa: in china, do they kind of own that? are they like, "we're from this area, we're the fujianese, and we export chinese food workers around the world"? >> they... i don't they're proud of it. they are proud, maybe, of the fact that they go to america, right, and that they... because they can save money, they can build these mansions. they send, you know, hundreds of thousands, millions of dollars back to these little towns, and then there are these...
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it is very interesting that president obama's says we should be more like china. well, china produces 70 percent of its electricity from coal and less than 2% from renewals. they are making these solar panels and wind turbines, exporting them to us for our use so our electricity becomes more expensive and then manufacturing because of the price of electricity here because over to china. it is very smart of these chinese, and it is completely legal. it is not as though they are engaging in anything under hand, and we are doing this to ourselves. a need to use our own resources, focus on the benefits of inexpensive energy. >> diana, you mentioned exports before and the possibility for exports. we had a project of the power and growth initiative, which you are aware of, of course, predicated on the idea that america can be what we call the new middle east. wonder if you can talk a little bit about why you feel that exports of energy, natural gas, well, actually is practical at this point? >> so, "we used to import, we imported a lot of natural gas. what is really int
it is very interesting that president obama's says we should be more like china. well, china produces 70 percent of its electricity from coal and less than 2% from renewals. they are making these solar panels and wind turbines, exporting them to us for our use so our electricity becomes more expensive and then manufacturing because of the price of electricity here because over to china. it is very smart of these chinese, and it is completely legal. it is not as though they are engaging in...
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police in china have rescued 89 children in a major sting against child adoption gangs. police say they started investigations after reports in several provinces human trafficking remains a serious problem. in 2011, over a hundred thousand children were rescued. the united states has passed a resolution expressing concern over the treatment of thousands that have been displaced. the nonbinding resolution calls on the government of myanmar to investigate abuses. two people have been killed in that country after a commercial airline missed the runway. 63 passengers were on board when it came down. 10 others are injured. a fire swept through two rows of apartments in the philippines. six people were killed, and thousands are now homeless. it is not clear how the fire started. it is thought the electric circuit might have been overloaded with holiday lights. an indian policeman who was injured during a demonstration in new delhi has died. the 42-year-old was reportedly beaten up by front esters. -- protesters. >> the barricades are up, and there is a heavy security presence
police in china have rescued 89 children in a major sting against child adoption gangs. police say they started investigations after reports in several provinces human trafficking remains a serious problem. in 2011, over a hundred thousand children were rescued. the united states has passed a resolution expressing concern over the treatment of thousands that have been displaced. the nonbinding resolution calls on the government of myanmar to investigate abuses. two people have been killed in...
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what rights does an american have in north korea, iran, china or indonesia, and what rights does an american jew, gay or a woman, enjoy in syria? to suggest we're citizens of the world destroys our understanding of the term and so weakens our performance of the duties of a citizen. one might say that the ap to gee of american power was the 1969 moon landing, and since then we have been in a decline. this decline is inevitable, nothing lasts forever. this period of diminishing american he generalny, however, may be one of healthy age. we citizens are the owners of of this country and its board of directors, and we may find the strength to reasonably consider the options open to us in this confusing time. one of them is perfect. and this is a sign we must make a moral choice which is to say a choice between two flawed or, indeed, bad alternatives. if we do not choose, the choice will be made for us by those interested at home and aprod and weakening the power of the american electorate. it's not a brave announcement, but it is our country to govern, to defend and to enjoy as long as we choose
what rights does an american have in north korea, iran, china or indonesia, and what rights does an american jew, gay or a woman, enjoy in syria? to suggest we're citizens of the world destroys our understanding of the term and so weakens our performance of the duties of a citizen. one might say that the ap to gee of american power was the 1969 moon landing, and since then we have been in a decline. this decline is inevitable, nothing lasts forever. this period of diminishing american he...
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china, 2015. the country leads the world in hydroelectric power generation. its population now 1.4 billion consumes more energy per day than the united states in a week. its latest dam is built to withstand a one-in-1,000-year flood. an unprecedented category 5 typhoon strikes, unleashing 80 inches of rain in just 24 hours. debris carried by the rising water blocks the spillway. >> if the dam was not operated properly for the storm or if the spillway were clogged with debris, you can get more inflow than was ever anticipated. >> with the spillway blocked, the water level rises rapidly. a landslide crashes into the reservoir, releasing 5,000 tons of earth and rock. 800 million cubic feet of water overtops the dam, sending a massive wave rolling down the hillside towards the villages beneath. further seven dams are breached by the waves as it sweeps downstream. whole communities are washed away. an area the size of los angeles is flooded. hundreds of thousands die. super dams can offer plentiful energy for many countries, but the unpredictable of future weather
china, 2015. the country leads the world in hydroelectric power generation. its population now 1.4 billion consumes more energy per day than the united states in a week. its latest dam is built to withstand a one-in-1,000-year flood. an unprecedented category 5 typhoon strikes, unleashing 80 inches of rain in just 24 hours. debris carried by the rising water blocks the spillway. >> if the dam was not operated properly for the storm or if the spillway were clogged with debris, you can get...
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natalie china and the middle east but mexico is on the same level of importance. latin history is moving north demographically. and the average honduran is 20 also mexican, the american is 37. the young deer population is growing faster and we have more latin speaking people in our society. back of a 20th-century it was wrote with the artificial border come as our border is between highly developed society and an economically less developed, the border does not stayed stable but moose toward the less developed society to overcome the more developed side. mexico has seen 50,000 deaths since 2006, a 2.5 times the death of syria over six years. most of those was the northern third of the country against the border. but violence has dropped because cartels are consolidating control to set up an honest to goodness base close to the border. the way mexico develops as a society will impact us more than iraq for afghanistan's. >> to bush on the policy that is the other major conclusion that that southern border is crucial but in light on that the pressure moves with the b
natalie china and the middle east but mexico is on the same level of importance. latin history is moving north demographically. and the average honduran is 20 also mexican, the american is 37. the young deer population is growing faster and we have more latin speaking people in our society. back of a 20th-century it was wrote with the artificial border come as our border is between highly developed society and an economically less developed, the border does not stayed stable but moose toward...
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china doesn't just get access to the canadian oil fields. the chinese get direct access to choose reserves in our own back yard in the gulf of mexico. it still needs approval from washington, but the chinese will control a major north american oil company. lou dobbs is with us now. i cannot imagine that you think this is a good idea. lou: is a terrible idea if it's not altered. as you know, the oil and the immense reserves, it will likely begin doing so over the years ahead. it is a big deal for the chinese. they also have control just about 116 million barrels of oil in the gulf of mexico, primarily fields off the coast of louisiana. those are under u.s. jurisdiction. the trick here is the chinese offshore oil company, the chinese national offshore oil company, they have run into this before. it was back in 2005 when they tried, as you probably recall, they ran into all sorts of issues due to better than other technology and resources held and it was locked. this time, i think it is -- it is very important that significant authorizations ar
china doesn't just get access to the canadian oil fields. the chinese get direct access to choose reserves in our own back yard in the gulf of mexico. it still needs approval from washington, but the chinese will control a major north american oil company. lou dobbs is with us now. i cannot imagine that you think this is a good idea. lou: is a terrible idea if it's not altered. as you know, the oil and the immense reserves, it will likely begin doing so over the years ahead. it is a big deal...
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we are having people buying $500 billion of our debt, china and japan, for example, do you think they are going to do it under these circumstances? we are looking at a tremendously difficult long- term problem, short-term problem, and immediate problem. >> actually, america is borrowing money at record low rates and the rest of the world parks their money here. i think we're in a strong position. i think the rational thing to do is to pass the legislation that the senate passed which extends the tax cuts for 98% of the people, then duke it out, and the fact that the claim bear of commerce and the business round table are all coming down on the president's side saying that they agree that the top rate should go up is a powerful shift in alliances, and i think the republicans are going to fold. >> i have to say one thing. the people who are buying our debt is called the federal reserve bank, okay. >> uh-huh. >> their balance sheet has almost quadrupled. by far and away they're buying 70 to 80% of our debt. that's where the money is coming from. they're printing money and giving it to th
we are having people buying $500 billion of our debt, china and japan, for example, do you think they are going to do it under these circumstances? we are looking at a tremendously difficult long- term problem, short-term problem, and immediate problem. >> actually, america is borrowing money at record low rates and the rest of the world parks their money here. i think we're in a strong position. i think the rational thing to do is to pass the legislation that the senate passed which...
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. >>> china opened the world's longest high-speed rail line today. the train travels more than 1,400 miles from beijing in the north to the south of china, a trip that until now took 20 hours. the new train traveling at 186 miles per hour cuts the time to just eight hours. hundreds of the new trains will be put into service on this line alone, as china moves toward its goal of building a nationwide high-speed rail network. >>> and back in this country, a lost and found story involving a best friend. it all began christmas eve outside a grocery store here in new york where a security camera shows a man stealing a dog and then walking away. that dog's name is marlee. a woman who saw him trying to sell the dog thought something was up, so she bought marlee herself, took him to a vet and it turns out he had a microchip which was scanned. as a result, the king charles spaniel was reunited with his 7-year-old owner yesterday afternoon. perhaps the best christmas present she could have wished for. a suspect was taken into custody and charged with stealing m
. >>> china opened the world's longest high-speed rail line today. the train travels more than 1,400 miles from beijing in the north to the south of china, a trip that until now took 20 hours. the new train traveling at 186 miles per hour cuts the time to just eight hours. hundreds of the new trains will be put into service on this line alone, as china moves toward its goal of building a nationwide high-speed rail network. >>> and back in this country, a lost and found story...
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you can see the history of china reflected in much of the work. you can see conflicts with western culture and eastern culture. you can see critiques sometimes of the chinese government or of other governments as well. power in general. >> brown: often you can see a provocation. as in one of his most famous works dropping a haung dynasty un, three photographs showing the destruction of a 2,000 cultural relic. >> one of the things i think cease saying is sometimes it's necessary to destroy the old before you can move forward with the new. and also by destroying something know is important, it suddenly makes you have to think about the value of things. what are they worth? who says they're valuable? >> brown: he returned to china in 1993 and became part of the countr's cultural elite eventually tapped by the government to collaborate with a swiss architectural firm to design the 2008 olympic stadium. photos are on the floors and walls of the exhibition but he grew critical of the communist party's attempt to control the event. his biggest confrontat
you can see the history of china reflected in much of the work. you can see conflicts with western culture and eastern culture. you can see critiques sometimes of the chinese government or of other governments as well. power in general. >> brown: often you can see a provocation. as in one of his most famous works dropping a haung dynasty un, three photographs showing the destruction of a 2,000 cultural relic. >> one of the things i think cease saying is sometimes it's necessary to...
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. >> did you know where china was? >> not at all. >> it just happened that the way i was going was toward the border. with luck and kunning, shin managed to steal and bribe his way across the border and work his way through china where he would have been sent back where he was caught. in shanghai he was granted asylum. in 2006 he arrived in south korea with not a friend in the world. he was so overwhelmed with culture shock and post traumatic stress he had to be hospitalized. he is 30 you now and has made friends and built a new life for himself. but old demons from camp 14 are never far behind. he admit there's was something he was hiding. two years ago he confessed. >> when he told me about the excuse about his mother and brother he didn't say he turned them in. >> you reported your mother and brother? >> yes. >> what did you hope to get out of reporting them? >> well, being full for the first time. >> more food? >> yes, but the biggest reason was i was supposed to report it. >> why was shin tortured after ratting ou
. >> did you know where china was? >> not at all. >> it just happened that the way i was going was toward the border. with luck and kunning, shin managed to steal and bribe his way across the border and work his way through china where he would have been sent back where he was caught. in shanghai he was granted asylum. in 2006 he arrived in south korea with not a friend in the world. he was so overwhelmed with culture shock and post traumatic stress he had to be hospitalized....
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he's author of multiple books on china, the middle east and most recently the excellent new book, "fortress israel," which is a really excellent account of the last several decades of the kind of israeli national security establishment and, obviously, of considerable interest right now given the recent events in gaza. in addition to his work as an author, patrick has had a distinguished career at "the new york times" where he was chief correspondent. he was also baghdad bureau chief, london bureau chief, beijing bureau chief, moscow bureau chief, the list goes on and on. and so patrick is going to talk about the big themes of his book for around 20, 25 minutes, and then i'll ask him one or two questions and then open up to you, the audience, for questions. and since c-span is covering, bear in mind that you should wait for a mic and identify yourself and ask a question, not make a statement. thank you. >> thanks, pete. thanks very much for that introduction. i'm very grateful to the new america foundation to, for organizing this event and for all of you coming out on this blustery morning.
he's author of multiple books on china, the middle east and most recently the excellent new book, "fortress israel," which is a really excellent account of the last several decades of the kind of israeli national security establishment and, obviously, of considerable interest right now given the recent events in gaza. in addition to his work as an author, patrick has had a distinguished career at "the new york times" where he was chief correspondent. he was also baghdad...
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. >> the broadway tunnel that connects san francisco's china town and russian hill neighborhood has a speed limit of 35 miles per hour. >> here we go. >> but this video posted to the facebook page of san francisco police sergeant was entitled broadway tunnel 100 miles per hour and included a comment saying everybody was drunk at the time. you never see the officers face nor can you tell how fast it's going. >> it violates the public safety in the city. >> he talked to police chief sir about it. >> there's comments about it being a police officer. they're looking at that. >> the supervisor represents district 3 which includes the tunnel. >> this is absolutely dangerous and inappropriate behavior and we can't have folks going 100 miles per hour through the tunnel. >> they did have access to one similar to this one but not a convertible. >> they're going to take the appropriate actions and the chief assured me of that. >> interestly the posting was removed around the time i told the police union president about this video. his reaction, an exasperated look on his face. about those commen
. >> the broadway tunnel that connects san francisco's china town and russian hill neighborhood has a speed limit of 35 miles per hour. >> here we go. >> but this video posted to the facebook page of san francisco police sergeant was entitled broadway tunnel 100 miles per hour and included a comment saying everybody was drunk at the time. you never see the officers face nor can you tell how fast it's going. >> it violates the public safety in the city. >> he talked...
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china has experienced slowing growth over the past seven quarters. fast or fiction the chinese economy is picking up at this point. tim, what do you say to this? >> fast. >> fact. >> i'm going to call this a fast because i do agree that they have turned the corner on the industrial side and the manufacturing side and the consumer side. housing prices have ticked up. our friend dave does a consumer survey that i think is very accurate and it goes to the more organic growth side and i think the consumer has turned. remember the shanghai comp is not the chinese economy. if you look at technical indicators there are guying screening the table. i do think china looks very interesting for a lot of people. >> i think people at home are going to start thinking to themselves what happened to yum brands. >> so did tiffany. >> why the disconnect here? >> you have to understand that yum has a couple of specific issues. yum is not the only guy out there. >> it is the biggest guy out there. >> i think when you have competition and their comps were significantly hi
china has experienced slowing growth over the past seven quarters. fast or fiction the chinese economy is picking up at this point. tim, what do you say to this? >> fast. >> fact. >> i'm going to call this a fast because i do agree that they have turned the corner on the industrial side and the manufacturing side and the consumer side. housing prices have ticked up. our friend dave does a consumer survey that i think is very accurate and it goes to the more organic growth side...
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where is that coming from because i see china coming back a little, maybe europe's done going down, we seem to be a little bit stalled. somebody's building something around this world. >> i think it's a matter of jabil being very competitive in the markets that we serve and having sufficient diversification so that if one part of our business, for instance networking or telecommunications may be going through a lull or a slower period with government spending and business spending, capital spending down, we have some other parts of our business that are doing extremely well. you mentioned some of the mechanics business we're involved in which we call our materials technology group. that has nothing to do with electronics so we don't have to sell any electronic hardware for those businesses to perform well. parts of our business really are a reflection of the economy and other parts of our business are growing very robustly. so i'm very hopeful for the balance of the year and, you know, i think the company is diversified enough to take advantage of whatever opportunities are out there.
where is that coming from because i see china coming back a little, maybe europe's done going down, we seem to be a little bit stalled. somebody's building something around this world. >> i think it's a matter of jabil being very competitive in the markets that we serve and having sufficient diversification so that if one part of our business, for instance networking or telecommunications may be going through a lull or a slower period with government spending and business spending,...
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and, you know, i was in china and the china -- chinese leaders understand this. they don't deny their climate problem. they are engineers and they're rationale, and they don't want to be addicted to fossil fuels the way the united states is and have to protect the supply line around the world, so they are, number one in solar panels, wind power and nuclear power, building thirty nuclear power plants. so i don't -- but, of course, they do have a major problem with so many people in poverty and they're -- and they need -- they know they need to get them out of poverty or they may -- their government may not survive. so the -- of course, they're doing everything they can to raise the standard of living, but they are planning, by the middle of the century, to really have all their electricity from -- both india and china are really looking to go non-fossil fuel. but to make that happen soon enough, we have to have a price on carbon. >> well, i'm gonna touch quickly on the keystone xl pipeline then we're gonna have the audience participation. you've been an opponent o
and, you know, i was in china and the china -- chinese leaders understand this. they don't deny their climate problem. they are engineers and they're rationale, and they don't want to be addicted to fossil fuels the way the united states is and have to protect the supply line around the world, so they are, number one in solar panels, wind power and nuclear power, building thirty nuclear power plants. so i don't -- but, of course, they do have a major problem with so many people in poverty and...
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. >> did you know where china was? >> translator: no, not at all. it just happened that the way i was going was toward the border. >> with amazing luck and cunning shin managed to steal and bribe his way across the border and quietly work his way through china where he would have been sent back if he was caught. in shanghai he snuck into the south korean consulate and was granted asylum. in 2006 he arrived in south korea without a friend in the world. he was so overwhelmed by culture shock and posttraumatic stress he had to be hospitalized. more than seven years later, it's stunning to see how far he's come. he's 30 now and old demons from camp 14 are never far behind. shin now admits there was something he was hiding. two years ago he finally confessed to the author blaine harden. >> when he first told me about the excuse of his mother and brother, he didn't say he turned them in. >> you reported your mother and your brother? >> translator: yes. >> what did you hope to get out of reporting your mother and your brother
. >> did you know where china was? >> translator: no, not at all. it just happened that the way i was going was toward the border. >> with amazing luck and cunning shin managed to steal and bribe his way across the border and quietly work his way through china where he would have been sent back if he was caught. in shanghai he snuck into the south korean consulate and was granted asylum. in 2006 he arrived in south korea without a friend in the world. he was so overwhelmed by...
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china corporations are all day.
china corporations are all day.